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A nursing bottle helps reduce tooth decay. The nursing bottle contains a first reservoir for water, a second reservoir for a cariogenic liquid, and a nipple with two fluid flow paths. The first fluid flow path runs from the cariogenic liquid reservoir to an outlet opening in the tip of the nipple. T

A nursing bottle helps reduce tooth decay. The nursing bottle contains a first reservoir for water, a second reservoir for a cariogenic liquid, and a nipple with two fluid flow paths. The first fluid flow path runs from the cariogenic liquid reservoir to an outlet opening in the tip of the nipple. The second fluid flow path runs from the water reservoir to lateral outlet openings near the tip of the nipple. When the reservoirs are filled and the bottle is used, the water enters the baby's mouth nearer the teeth than does the cariogenic liquid, thereby rinsing the teeth and reducing tooth decay.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A nursing bottle for reducing tooth decay, the nursing bottle comprising:(a) a first reservoir having an opening and adapted to contain a quantity of water;(b) a second reservoir having an opening and adapted to contain a quantity of a cariogenic liquid; and(c) a nipple adapted to

[ We claim:] [1.] A nursing bottle for reducing tooth decay, the nursing bottle comprising:(a) a first reservoir having an opening and adapted to contain a quantity of water;(b) a second reservoir having an opening and adapted to contain a quantity of a cariogenic liquid; and(c) a nipple adapted to fit over the openings of the first and second reservoirs, the nipple having at least one central outlet opening at its tip that communicates with the second reservoir and having at least one lateral outlet opening that is about 5 mm to 3 cm from the central outlet and that communicates with the first reservoir; h that, when the first reservoir contains water, the second reservoir contains a cariogenic liquid, the bottle is inverted, and the nipple is placed in the mouth of a suckling baby, the water enters the baby's mouth nearer the teeth than does the cariogenic liquid, thereby rinsing the teeth and reducing tooth decay.